Open AccessAlloy Thin-films and Surfaces for New Materials. Final Report
Author(s) -
Phillip Sprunger
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/823534
Subject(s) - bimetallic strip , alloy , thin film , materials science , oak ridge national laboratory , synchrotron radiation , chemisorption , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , synchrotron , characterization (materials science) , metallurgy , catalysis , chemistry , optics , physics , metal , biochemistry , nuclear physics
Within the framework of a DOE National Laboratory/EPSCoR state partnership, investigations by researchers at Louisiana State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory were focused on revealing the unique nanophase properties of alloy thin-films and bimetallic surfaces. Employing a number of experimental preparation techniques and characterization probes (synchrotron-based angle-resolved and valence/core-level PES and variable-temperature STM/STS), the goal of this program was to elucidate of the interconnecting physical and chemical properties of a variety of alloy surfaces and thin-films, specifically, determining the correlation between atomic structure/composition, electronic structure, and catalytic/chemisorption properties of these nanoscale